1 year 10 months ago
UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
20 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Embargoed until 25 September at 5:00 p.m. GMTRichard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
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UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
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Presentation of the Trade and Development Report 2019: Financing a Global Green New Deal…
1 year 11 months ago
WHO/UNICEF Press conference (under embargo)
19 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Under strict embargo until 11:00 a.m. Geneva time, Thursday 19 September 2019 WHO and UNICEF are holding a press conference on the launch of new estimates for child and maternal mortality. This press briefing will provide detailed information and discussion on these updated numbers and will include an analysis on which countries and regions have made progress, and what is needed to save more lives.Dr Peter Salama, Executive Director, Universal health coverage/ life course, WHO Dr Stefan Peterson, Chief of Health, UNICEF
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1 year 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
17 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Yanghee Lee, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Marzuki Darusman, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Chris Sidoti, Member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
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1 year 11 months ago
WHO Press conference
13 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Every year, 2.6 million patients die due to patient safety issues in low- and middle-income countries. It means that every minute, 5 people die from errors of all sorts while receiving health care. Most of these deaths are avoidable. In May 2019, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution on Patient Safety calling for “Global action on Patient Safety” and for establishment of World Patient Safety Day to be observed annually on 17 September.Dr Neelam Dhingra-Kumar, Coordinator, Patient Safety and Risk Management WHO
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WHO Press…
1 year 11 months ago
UNHCR Press conference
12 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Palais correspondents interested in the first-ever Global Refugee Forum, being held at the Palais des Nations on 17 and 18 December 2019, are invited to a special informational briefing by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The Global Refugee Forum is a world meeting on refugees being hosted jointly by UNHCR and the Government of Switzerland. It follows last December’s UN General Assembly affirmation of a new Global Compact on Refugees. With more than 70 million people forcibly displaced worldwide its aim is to generate a strengthened global response to new and existing refugee situations through wide-…
1 year 11 months ago
Press Conference - Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
11 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Karen Abuzayd, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Hanny Megally, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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Press Conference - Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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1 year 11 months ago
UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
09 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
(Embargoed until 10 September at 5 p.m. GMT)Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD Mahmoud Elkhafif, Coordinator of the Assistance to the Palestinian People, UNCTAD
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UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
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Presentation of the 2019 Report on UNCTAD assistance to the…
1 year 11 months ago
WHO Press conference
09 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
We will also be releasing a guide for pesticide registrars and regulators. Pesticide poisoning is one of the commonest methods of suicide in certain parts of the world.Dr Alexandra Fleischmann, Scientist, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse , WHO
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WHO Press conference
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For this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day, on 10 September, WHO…
1 year 11 months ago
HRC Press Conference / Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
04 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
The press conference will be webcast live at http://webtv.un.org Doudou Diène, President of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi Françoise Hampson, Member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
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HRC Press Conference / Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
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1 year 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
04 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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